Plasma Amino Acid Profiles in Collagen Disease Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease

Hiroshi Furukawa^1*, Shomi Oka¹, Kenji Takehana², Takahiko Muramatsu³, Kota Shimada^4,5, Akiko Komiya¹, Naoshi Fukui¹, Naoyuki Tsuchiya⁶ and Shigeto Tohma¹

¹Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, 18-1 Sakuradai, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0392, Japan

²Research Center, Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, 210-8681, Japan

³Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, 210-8681, Japan

⁴Department of Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, 18-1 Sakuradai, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0392, Japan

⁵Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, 2-8-29 Musashi-dai, Fuchu, 183-8524, Japan

⁶Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, 305-8575, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Hiroshi Furukawa, MD, PhD, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, Tel: +81-42-742-8311, Fax: +81-42-742-7990 Email: